"The confirmation contemplated under Rule 3(3)(b) is confirmatory in character; it cannot create jurisdiction retrospectively nor enlarge the scope of an authorisation already granted." Chhattisgarh High
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"The acquittal of an accused in a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act does not by itself bind a civil court trying a suit
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"The statutory obligation cast upon private unaided schools to provide free education to children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups is inseparably linked with the corresponding statutory
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"Fraud vitiates all solemn acts and therefore, the appointment so sought by the petitioner on the basis of fraud becomes void ab initio and non-est."
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Andhra Pradesh High Court, in a judgment dated August 11, 2026, dismissed a criminal appeal and upheld the life imprisonment of a man convicted of brutally murdering
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"Suit as we found was filed on the strength of the invoices raised and not on the basis of a running account. The mere deduction
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"The filing of a suit for recovery based upon a cause of action, that is within limitation can in any manner impact the separate and
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"High Court failed to appreciate that all these cases were actions in tort and negligence was required to be established firstly by the claimants." Supreme
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"The stance of blissful ignorance taken by the senior officers of the State of Chhattisgarh... is sacrilegious and reflects a disturbing disregard of the statutory
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"Actual payment of whole of the price at the time of the execution of sale deed, is not a sine qua non to the completion
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"Order under Section 69 of the CGST Act, as held, being a sine qua non to seek anticipatory bail, it would be an anomaly to
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"The respondent-authorities cannot be permitted to defeat the claim of an otherwise eligible dependent by taking advantage of their own delay in processing the application."
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"When it speaks of accessories suitable for use ‘solely or principally’ with a particular kind of machine or a number of machines of the same tariff
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"Scope of examination on an application under Order 39 — and, equally, of an appeal against an order made on such an application — is
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"To permit the proceeding to continue would be to permit a dispute arising from a written commercial contract, to be pursued through the machinery of
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"The deficiency in the composite appeal preferred by the plaintiff under Section 96 of the Code was more in its ‘form’ than ‘substance’. Hence, an
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"In matrimonial dispute, it is always seen that the parents and other relatives seek amicable settlement and resolution of the dispute instead of prompt institution
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"To attract Section 16(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, there must first have been a solemnisation of marriage between the parents. However, such a marriage may be
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"Section 17(2) itself contemplates eviction or exclusion of aggrieved person from a shared household in accordance with the procedure established by law. The conclusion is
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"Reason is the heartbeat of every conclusion, and without the same it becomes lifeless. Reason introduces clarity in an order... An order without reason is an
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"Suit as we found was filed on the strength of the invoices raised and not on the basis of a running account. The mere deduction
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"The filing of a suit for recovery based upon a cause of action, that is within limitation can in any manner impact the separate and
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"High Court failed to appreciate that all these cases were actions in tort and negligence was required to be established firstly by the claimants." Supreme
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"The stance of blissful ignorance taken by the senior officers of the State of Chhattisgarh... is sacrilegious and reflects a disturbing disregard of the statutory
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"Order under Section 69 of the CGST Act, as held, being a sine qua non to seek anticipatory bail, it would be an anomaly to
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"The respondent-authorities cannot be permitted to defeat the claim of an otherwise eligible dependent by taking advantage of their own delay in processing the application."
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"When it speaks of accessories suitable for use ‘solely or principally’ with a particular kind of machine or a number of machines of the same tariff
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"Scope of examination on an application under Order 39 — and, equally, of an appeal against an order made on such an application — is
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"To permit the proceeding to continue would be to permit a dispute arising from a written commercial contract, to be pursued through the machinery of
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"The deficiency in the composite appeal preferred by the plaintiff under Section 96 of the Code was more in its ‘form’ than ‘substance’. Hence, an
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"The reasons for which he trades or the purposes to which he applies the proceeds of the transactions are not intended to be relevant for determining whether
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"It is a settled position of law that damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, cannot be treated as operational debt unless and until they are assessed
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"The period of limitation starts running from the date of the default of non-payment and the right to apply under the IBC accrues from such
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"Knowledge of a fact is a necessary pre-requisite for its non-disclosure. The very concept of suppression presupposes an awareness of that which is suppressed; one
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"To hold otherwise would be to elevate procedural formalism over substantial justice and to compel an undeniably absent accused to undergo the ordeal of a
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"When the oral statements of PW2 and PW3 are considered along with the Final Medical Report and the report of the FSL, a grave doubt
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"…permitting the appellant to hold on the money pending Section 34 application, would be unjustly enriching the appellant and would also be in teeth of the order
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"Finding no contrary or restrictive provisions in the CPC, we hold and declare that a suit and a counterclaim, if adjudicated by a single common
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"A person who has suffered from 80 to 90% burns would be conscious and fit to give a statement... which raises a suspicion insofar as
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"Insofar as no explanation having been offered by the accused, we find no such circumstance arising since the relatives of the witnesses spoke of the
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"The confirmation contemplated under Rule 3(3)(b) is confirmatory in character; it cannot create jurisdiction retrospectively nor enlarge the scope of an authorisation already granted." Chhattisgarh High
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"The acquittal of an accused in a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act does not by itself bind a civil court trying a suit
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"The statutory obligation cast upon private unaided schools to provide free education to children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups is inseparably linked with the corresponding statutory
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"Fraud vitiates all solemn acts and therefore, the appointment so sought by the petitioner on the basis of fraud becomes void ab initio and non-est."
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Andhra Pradesh High Court, in a judgment dated August 11, 2026, dismissed a criminal appeal and upheld the life imprisonment of a man convicted of brutally murdering
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"Actual payment of whole of the price at the time of the execution of sale deed, is not a sine qua non to the completion
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"In matrimonial dispute, it is always seen that the parents and other relatives seek amicable settlement and resolution of the dispute instead of prompt institution
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"To attract Section 16(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, there must first have been a solemnisation of marriage between the parents. However, such a marriage may be
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"Section 17(2) itself contemplates eviction or exclusion of aggrieved person from a shared household in accordance with the procedure established by law. The conclusion is
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"Reason is the heartbeat of every conclusion, and without the same it becomes lifeless. Reason introduces clarity in an order... An order without reason is an
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"The operative paragraph does not identify the year of study or semester of the law course as the criterion for determining eligibility." Bombay High Court held
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"Merely because the restoration application was filed under an incorrect provision of law, the same ought not to have been rejected on that technical ground alone." Chhattisgarh
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"The evidence of RW.1 cannot be relied on so as to fix the negligence in the matter. On the other hand, the petitioners got examined eye witness
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"A mere reference to the names of family members in a criminal case arising out of a matrimonial dispute, without specific allegations indicating their active
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"Applying the doctrine of strict construction, we are of the considered opinion that commission of offence by the company is an express condition precedent to attract the
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"It is thus clear that the present is not a case of eviction based on landlord-tenant relationship simplicitor but before the trial Court itself relief
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"The prosecution can never be allowed to fill up the lacunas and both the Courts have correctly dismissed the application moved by the prosecution in
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"The stand taken by the husband that the wife was unfit for matrimonial life merely because she had sustained a hip fracture prior to the
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"When the claim is made that the property is a Hindu undivided family property, burden is on person who alleges existence of HUF to
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"Recovery from the employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV category (or Group 'C' and Group 'D' service) is held to be impermissible in law. Meaning thereby
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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